Miller’s 300-game white boots up for auction

IN 299 WAFL matches, Kris Miller has never worn anything but his black Puma King football boots – but that will change this Friday night as he becomes the sixth player in league history to reach the triple-century with the game ball and his specially-designed white boots up for auction.

Miller has had made a special pair of white Puma King boots embroidered with 300 that he will wear just for the occasion of his 300th WAFL match which will take place this Friday night at Fremantle Oval when he lines up for South Fremantle against Perth.

The 33-year-old will only get the boots on Thursday after having them embroidered in the eastern states, have one training session in them on Thursday night and then wear them in the game on Friday night.

By reaching 300 WAFL matches, Miller joins Bill Dempsey, Mel Whinnen, Jack Sheedy, Bill Walker and Brian Peake as the only other WAFL players to ever reach the triple-century mark in the long and storied history of the WAFL.

That is why he decided to play his very first, and likely only, game of his remarkable career without his trademark black boots.

Since making his WAFL debut in 1999 with East Fremantle, Miller went on to play 153 games with the Sharks and win a fairest and best award before joining South Fremantle for the 2007 season.

At the Bulldogs, Miller has now played another 146 matches, played in the 2009 premiership and won three more fairest and best awards.

He now will add another remarkable achievement on Friday night and the boots for the occasion will be the prizes awarded for a raffle that will take place at Fremantle Oval during the match.

Tickets will be sold at Fremantle Oval on Friday night to raise money for the boots and ball and will be available $10 for six, $5 for three and $2 for one.

By Chris Pike